Introduction Sharing the Road

Who makes the news in a digital age? Participatory Journalism offers fascinating insights into how journalists in Western democracies are thinking about, and dealing with, the inclusion of content produced and published by the public. A timely look at digital news, the changes it is bringing for journalists and an industry in crisis. Original data throughout, in the form of in-depth interviews with dozens of journalists at leading news organizations in ten Western democracies. Provides a unique model of the news-making process and its openness to user participation in five stages. Gives a first-hand look at the workings and challenges of online journalism on a global scale, through data that has been seamlessly combined so that each chapter presents the views of journalists in many nations, highlighting both similarities and differences, both national and individual.